Index: kernel/arch/ia64/src/ski/ski.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/arch/ia64/src/ski/ski.c	(revision 4c84368e34db9ed3c112d4031ed0ebb003a82806)
+++ kernel/arch/ia64/src/ski/ski.c	(revision 1c6b3a21d2eba83ec0ca710845ee3a0c33cf353b)
@@ -261,5 +261,7 @@
 {
 	while (1) {
-		poll_keyboard();
+		if (!silent) {
+			poll_keyboard();
+		}
 		thread_usleep(POLL_INTERVAL);
 	}